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Saturday, March 11, 2017

Oz: Weirdest place I’ve ever cooked

Classic Nullarbor area road sign. We’ve seen ‘roos, and one wombat (but not in this area) but no camels (yet?!?). Australia's Nullarbor region -- a different kind of place. South Australia.

Almost
Nullarbor.

Fierce
and dusty as the winds were, the flies were worse at Nundroo
Roadhouse. Nundroo’s on the Eastern fringe of the Nullarbor.
Technically, though Nundroo’s a little over 100 km to the
Easternmost edge of Nullarbor National Park.

In
any case, it 5:30 pm and time for us to stop the night.

Nundroo
Roadhouse does boast a restaurant, but the concept of paying $25 AUD
for special $5 off the Scotch fillet steak (aka a cheap generally
tough cut) didn’t appeal. Besides, I had the makings for a nice
Asian rice noodle soup with precooked chicken breast and fresh
veggies.

We
arrived in Nundroo March 11th, 2017 and left the next
morning not much past sunrise the next day. While charmless, for
$8 AUD for a hot shower, laundry room with running water and ample
garbage, Nundroo’s a screaming deal (even if its fly-free bar
closes at 8 pm and the wifi’s pretty sketchy). We’re currently
stopped briefly in Eucla, the Nullarbor, just past the border of
South Australia, in the Eastern corner of Western Australia.

Where the Nullarbor road trip officially began for us, still in South Australia We just crossed the border at this post into Western Australia.

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Still
lots of cool stuff to catch up on! And we’re planning on another 5
months to continue our clockwise circumnavigation of Australia’s
ocean of land. Then, lots of blog-site additions and navigation
aids, plus tons of short video clips.